Free games like The Hidden and Unknown
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Hidden and Unknown, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Hidden and Unknown.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Hidden and Unknown.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hidden and Unknown.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hidden and Unknown.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Hidden and Unknown.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hidden and Unknown.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Hidden and Unknown.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Hidden and Unknown.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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The Leak
Free-to-play alternative to The Hidden and Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hidden and Unknown.
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.